Sentence examples for break stones from inspiring English sources

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According to legend, their tofu was so hard it could break stones.

According to legend, their tofu was so hard that it could break stones.

"I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief".

They work hard: Women scrub floors, men wield scythes or break stones for Baron Haussmann's new boulevards.

"Better go down upon your marrow-bones / And scrub a kitchen pavement, or break stones / Like an old pauper, in all kinds of weather", Yeats said, laying it on a bit but rightly insisting that writing is hard work.

Even young children may be sent to carry twigs or break stones into gravel to sell.

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There were some escape attempts during this period, the most violent of which involved the stone hammers used to break stone being repurposed as projectiles and weapons.

Remember that Zombies can break stone blocks if they attack it continuously.

The use of any type of chemical or explosive mixture to break stone is strongly discouraged.

"It is better to use your energy breaking stones".

He concedes that, technically, breaking stones might help replenish ground water.

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